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what's its modern history of heart from the ages of prehistory is that history is written our progress to time our achievements and Milestones are recorded for posterity the Hammurabi code commandant the Bible the Koran these are all written records of laws we live by American democracy to as written record that we can pray and show the development of our nation  each document bills on those before it make Foundation of History stronger  fish is documents of Destiny  compromised program seven subject matter Priscilla Zaki associate professor of political science United States Naval Academy Annapolis Maryland  protect nation of sentiments comes out of the Seneca Falls conference and it creates the rights of women are it stipulates that a call rights appointment after the Declaration of Independence Michaels research fellow the James Madison program Princeton University public symbol that you should have slaves in the apprehension of fugitive slaves ended up being Kent newmyer Emeritus professor of History University of Connecticut  what is new States come in a slave state or free state can you answer that question two courses go to determine the nature of American Union and the nature of American civilization itself Clay Walker Professor History University of California Davis where you had turn the case of Missouri a mixed population of people who were pro-slavery and people were anti-slavery this led to some violence and it would be even more so in the 1850s and the Kansas-Nebraska struggle  James stop professor of political science Louisiana State University  some of the Senators who has young politician that made come from Henry Clay most especially instrumental in the Compromise of 1820 are there a senior Statesman in formulating the compromise of Rebecca Cuoco associate professor of History University of California Riverside the 1851 Treaty of was one of these treaties that the United States negotiated with multiple Indian people who were Lakota Cheyenne to raffle hose crows Clifford tractor professor of History University of California Riverside  will the 1850s wasn't era of turmoil because it followed the war with Mexico and a great great amount of the American expansionism the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments 1848 in 1848 women's rights activist met in Seneca Falls New York to demand equal rights for women the struggle for women's rights is not new long before the women's suffrage movement of the early Twentieth Century and long before the Equal Rights Amendment of the 1970s striving for equality China conference for Elizabeth Lucretia Mott women should have equal rights they began the Declaration of Sentiments with language much like the Declaration of Independence that's such as we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men and they added and women to be our are created equal the document begins when in the course of human events and in the first paragraph they appealed for a position to which the laws of nature and of Nature's God entitle them since against mankind opportunity and employment against Man reveals the sad State of Affairs for women in the mid-nineteenth century he has never permit the exerciser inalienable rights to the elective franchise he has compelled her to submit to laws in the formation of which he had no voice rights which are given to the most ignorant and degraded men both Natives and foreigners what time and laws in Constitutional Amendments have made right many of these wrong but women still not treated equally in society what is the concern initially was in in some areas of professional and expertise things such as medicine and Law Men some would argue that those numbers are in at parody even today 68 women 1032 men of the future the married women's property act 1848 the same here 1848 played women's property act with made law in New York state again it was Elizabeth Cady Stanton's joined by Susan B Anthony who spearheaded this love two women to understand he's statue can I get this is something that's often forgotten today off to see it in the perspective of what the statue before this law was passed when a woman married she lost any lights control property that was heard prior to marriage the property that a married woman did it been wrong was placed under what was called that marriage the hospital before the management of the property and the wife had no separate legal existence that is putting Sue in court usually testify in court in a civil matter contract through her husband to watch this sounds completely bizarre and barbaric the wife had her responsibilities in the home the husband was responsible for as it were representing in the world so that meant he was responsible for providing for the family and his rights of control of the property we got there with his duty to provide  the New York law as amended in 1849 improve things for women at Health at the real property of any female who may Hereafter marry and which he shall own at the time of marriage and the rent issues and profit their up show movie subject to the soul disposal of her husband no be liable for his debt and she'll continue her Sole and separate property if she were a single female  under the Old Law even if a woman worked for wages by her husband and he was entitled to those wages through these different laws read the Fate Rodney at the married women's property act one small step toward equality equality in all things in the future the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act just as women's rights would be an ongoing issue for many years the debate over slavery continue for decking an earlier compromise the Compromise of 1820 also known as the Missouri Compromise had not ended the controversy over whole collection of outstanding sexual issues had been kind of swept under the rug after the bite of 1820 slavery and the associated sectional tension  chopped up in odd places but the issue died and as a matter light for a whole bunch of reasons the South begins to to what it needs to expand into the new territories Charleston various factors slavery unless it can expand it probably is going to die at least the southerners felt that way that slaves were property and how could Congress if it prohibited the South and taking play into the territories they would be depriving the south of property  it's hard to imagine how many human beings are prep that's the way they looked at so there were practical economic reason for the expansion of slavery into territories and it was also with the question Southern honor to be treated as second-class not to be ride to take your property as America grew and new states were added like Arkansas and Michigan in 1836 and 37 respectively Congressional race over with a new slave state or free state a question that wouldn't die and it was a question if you couldn't compromise politically  the debate in Congress became more complex when Texas was admitted to the Union in 1845 Texas was admitted as a slave state with a vast area Texas claim was hers was it matter of dispute the territories acquired from Mexico as a result of the Mexican War and the Treaty of Guadalupe logo wear also in question would they be slave or free California was another part of the problem the territory grown dramatically with the discovery of gold in 18-49 apply for Statehood as a free state California that prevents migration to California or commercial 50 with sufficient population to be admitted as a state but eager to come in as a free state with no counterbalancing slave state this would throw out of balance the equality in the Senate between slave and free states self Washington DC it not only permitted slavery but it was a center for the slave trade industry  the president of stop was James K Polk he suggested extending the Missouri Compromise line Westward to the Pacific Ocean representative Wilmot Pennsylvania Wilmot Proviso in Congress that would be acquired from need the Polk suggestion no Wilmot Proviso 1 support in Congress anti-slavery politicians from Whig and Democratic parties broke away and formed a new faction the Free-Soil Party the free soilers as they will call remanded the Congress prohibited of slavery into new territories  a compromise of some sort seem to be the only solution Henry Clay the senator from Kentucky who led Congress in working out the Missouri Compromise of 1820 presented his compromise of 1850  well the conversation 50 which was the product of the genius of the great Henry Clay known as the great compromiser was supposed to be the final bird on the question of slavery slavery was to be no longer an issue of debate in American political Discord unfortunately the compromise was just that it was a compromise it was not a resolution and it did not stop people the Nord from thinking that somehow their interest had been shortchanged for those of the South here's what he's play do Texas would relinquish its disputed territory and area amounting to one-third of all its land in exchange Texas would receive 10 million dollars from the federal government the territories of New Mexico Nevada Arizona and Utah without mention of slavery the decision to be slave or free would be left to the states California would be admitted appreciation  the District of Columbia would no longer be a center for buying and selling a slave but slaveholding would still be permitted finally as a compensation to those in favor of slavery the Fugitive Slave Act would be made law of all the parts of the Compromise 50 the Fugitive Slave Act with the most controversial what the chick early irritated people of the North the provision for a new Fugitive Slave Act which now required Northern Earth to return runaway slave to the South that law enforcement was to return them and if they knew of someone that had laugh they were to return them were they were held liable for the that loss of Labor it was very much instruments and tools of Labor cast those who have a quality at all  the Underground Railroad was this movement to ferret slaves out of the South the free territories in New Orleans and in some cases even into Canada Harriet Tubman used to escape into the land of Freedom slaves were often disguised move by night and wagons somehow put on ships and sent to Ports where they would disembark to be met by groups in the North call vigilance committees who would help them then establish themselves as free people in Northern Territory speak in favor of proposal Senator Daniel Webster a very persuasive speaker presented strong arguments in favor of the Compromise of 1850 the Senate passed the proposal but it did not end the debate over slavery this compromise get undone Within what years by project what's Royal status they're looking to admission to the union they're both in the Louisiana Purchase territory they both would be free states according to Missouri turn my of 1820 remember everything north of Kansas Nebraska free but the South let them in hold on are between slave and free states in the Senate  is equal and therefore the question of whether as America grows it will be half slave and half free or mostly free or mostly slave we have to hold the line here if we go to defend the institution of slavery we can't admit to States Kansas-Nebraska that are going to be free states  so hate politicians get this the guy who makes the shot is Stephen Douglas the doctrine of popular sovereignty not the government Washington or the people who represent the people at the whole who were the first settlers territory territory will be settled as slave or free it's up to the people  hey we love two people democracy the people in a Territorial state yet to decide whether the state movies Labor free perfect and so pull up Kansas father I go to settle this how do they sell it by killing one another there's a huge Grill play Banana slave Fortune Abraham Lincoln thought that this not the Compromise of 1850 what is in the Mexican War which had opposed but this Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 is what upset the working compromise over slavery because it broke was the original settlement over slavery the notion that from a federal perspective slavery would be kept out of the territory did limited exceptions the result was one more step towards Civil War the Treaty of Fort Laramie 1851  has The American Nation blue the Westwood movement of settlers the building of roads and rail put pressure on the Indian tribes living in the Great Plains periodic clashes led to a treaty with these tribe the 1851 rating of Fort Laramie treaty was was a massive gathering with Thomas Fitzpatrick there and hitting did the Sioux people that various sesu Lakota bands heat included the the Cheyenne Arapaho the arikara hitting Hood and Dan's crows  the Treaty of Fort Laramie is one of those United States basically wants the Indian peoples of the region to serve come together and agree on who lives where who's tribal territories who's might of its citizens across this land with a minimal amount of conflict of minimal amount of disruption nation and Wars among themselves devastated the Indian tribes of the Great Plains in 1851 the US government convened all Plains tribes at Fort Laramie to urge them to stop fighting the conditions of the treaty Article 1 of the treaty why are the Indians to maintain peace among themselves perhaps they listen to it and you know it will yeah we'll do what we have always done before who are you to come in and try to tell us not to attack the crow or attack the Lakota Article II maintains that the United States government has the right to establish roads military and other post within the Indian Territory the US also wants permission to build forts so that they'll have a sort of string of of outposts at the United States with Sarasota Middle places where there is Law and Order and and they can sort of manage the movement of their citizens across its territory article next the Indian Nation from harm it's an Indian way to to listen and then to contemplate decision and so if the tribes have had their their Udders they would have much rather of broke up and gone back to their people and explain what understood was being sad and then come back and make an agreement but that was not the the way the United States operated  Article 4 with where is the Indian nations to make restitution for any wrong they committed against other Indian tribes for the people of the United States trying to come in and and create a reality that didn't exist Article 5 describes the boundries of the land set aside for the Nations the land is a huge parcel of territory in America's Heartland for a lot of people that were areas of overlap where many might go to hunt are there might be an area that was sacred to many drives and so lots of different people would be going to one particular place and they wouldn't as all this belongs to try Bay or try V6 require the Indians to be bound by the Chiefs chosen to represent them  but it is unclear sometimes whether all of the Indians who speak in numerous different language if they're hearing the same thing from all of the interpreters article 7 promises the United States will pay each of the Indian $50,000 in goods and supplies per year for 10 years the final article the United States to withhold portions of the payments if the Indian Nation violate any of the provisions of the treaty in the final analysis the Treaty of 1851 failed the Indians who went willingly to the reservations discovered that the United government often fail to honor its treaties Thomas Fitzpatrick one of the government agents who helped negotiate to say about the reservation system the Gadsden purchase 1853  Franklin Pierce was president of the United the Mexican war have been lost and won five years earlier and an ongoing dispute over the exact location of the United States Mexican border was still unsettled the dispute ended with the signing of the Gadsden purchase railroads are the egg industry in 19 century America  towards the end of the century we industrialize we get things like steel but for the most part the most important and the most Capital intensive and labor-intensive Industrial Enterprises in 19 century America are railroads in Mexico City James Hansen the United States minister to Mexico general Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna the president of Mexico find the document railroads or what determine the possibility of creating markets which means the creation of the division of labor the creation of wealth an East-West transport in particular was the central problem of 19 century economics approximately 30000 square miles of land from my location near El Paso Texas West to California  it was easy go north-south railroads can do that  the area was the most practical southern route for a railroad line to the Pacific Ocean and this was a key reason negotiation with Mexico President Pierce wish to secure this land to meet his goal of railroad expansion in the West the Gadsden purchase of 1853 was intended to pick up a few elements of what was Mexican territory that had been acquired during the from could you call your daughter they paid some so that they can find the proper route to send a railroad into Southern California and connect the southern United States with the southern part of California adjustment between the United States and Mexico Dred Scott versus Sandford 1857 in 1857 play with fun Page News once again in one of the most infamous Decisions by the United States Supreme Court Dred Scott versus Sanford relation is those opposed to slavery suffered a major setback  the history of the case of Dred Scott it is fascinating because most students American history know the name Dred Scott but little is known about the individual in South personal slave of an army physician by the name of Emerson Emerson is assigned to various places in United States you can doctor States Army Louisiana territory of the territory Minnesota play the Minnesota read that because he was on Free Soil and freedom launch initial problem with this lawsuit is he have any kind of standing to sue the court that take the case headed by Rodger Tawny is Chief Johnson has five slaveholders on the court and historians are the very divided whether to give tiny Mercy on his decision well Tommy said basically on the jurisdictional question that was a key thing could this who's claiming his freedom Dred Scott  alarm for 10:30 show me the federal court and the Punisher no he rules for the first time on the meaning of citizenship Federal citizenship and he said in the ugliest language the opinion he says you know people of African descent can never be Citizens United States even though States 5 states of made them citizens forget it they cannot be citizen United States capable of shooting in the federal court because they are chat property the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court over time if he came on Tony station  Tides always associated with it ironically towards the end of his life tiny squares in Abraham 84 year old swearing at Lincoln's inauguration address Connie sister listening to it and in fact when Tawny passes away shortly thereafter and I there's a comments made in the press that that tiny fine gave a gift to the nation he he left  the impact the Dred Scott Decision had on the nation was negative in white yeah between the pro-slavery forces in the South and the abolitionists in the North in just a few short years the North and South would be divided and the nation would be thrown into a terrible Civil War another program. landmark

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